Larkspur Bouquet Color

#798bbd

Larkspur Bouquet is pale, cool-toned shade of blue cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with orange, mid green or red magenta

Inverse Color #867442
Complementary Color #bdab79
Color Shade: blue cyan (224.12° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 60.78% (better contrasting with white)
Larkspur Bouquet Color Sample
Larkspur Bouquet Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #798bbd

If you're looking for a similar blue cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Larkspur Bouquet Color. The Hopeful Dream color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool cyan bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Finesse (#96a8c8) for more calm effect. Try Sapphire Fog as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#bdab79 is the best complementary color to Larkspur Bouquet. Orange shades generally complement the blue cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #798bbd complementary color is Gimblet, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid cyan, blue cyan, and mid blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Ship Cove are #79adbd and #8979bd. Thus found on the left and right of #798bbd on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Neptune and Purple Mountain's Majesty colors as they work well with Larkspur Bouquet.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Larkspur Bouquet palette consists of #adbd79 and #bd8979 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bdab79). Try Olivine and Old Rose colors in combination with #798bbd, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #798bbd offers a combination of yellow green and red magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Larkspur Bouquet. Thus Olivine and Turkish Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Larkspur Bouquet contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gimblet, Viola, and De York split by 90° on the color wheel. #798bbd square combo is a palette of blue cyan, mid magenta, orange and mid green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Larkspur Bouquet tetradic combo consists of orange complementary color (#bdab79) and two others. The Turkish Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Neptune – 120° from the complementary Gimblet. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bd798b and #79bdab.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #798bbd is made of 27% red, 31% green and 42% blue. In a HSL mode Larkspur Bouquet has a hue angle of 224.12°, a saturation of 34% and a lightness of 60.78%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #798bbd is made of 26.67% cyan, 19.61% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black ink.

HEX #798bbd
RGB Decimal rgb(121,139,189)
RGB Percentage 27%, 31%, 42%
CMYK 26.67, 19.61, 0, 25.88
HSL hsl(224.12,34%,60.78%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(224.12,35.98%,74.12%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.2305,5.8723,-28.1623)
XYZ xyz(26.3031,26.2043,51.8157)
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